Kevin Johnson execution: Daughter denied request to watch father die by lethal injection
Corionsa "Khorry" Ramey, 19, says she is "heartbroken" she can't be with her father, Kevin Johnson, when he is due to be executed next week over the shooting of a police officer in Missouri in 2005.
A teenager has been denied permission to witness her father die by lethal injection in Missouri after a judge upheld a law that states she is too young.
Kevin Johnson, 37, faces execution on Tuesday, 29 November for shooting a police officer in 2005, when he was 19.
His daughter, Corionsa "Khorry" Ramey, was two when Johnson was detained over the killing of William McEntee in Kirkwood, Missouri.
An emergency lawsuit was filed on behalf of Ms Ramey, now 19, by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asking a federal court to allow her to watch her father's final moments.
Johnson put his daughter on a list of witnesses to attend the execution - and she wants to attend.
But Missouri law states no person under 21 can witness an execution.
ACLU argued the statute violates Ms Ramey's constitutional rights and serves no purpose, adding that the age threshold is "not reasonable".
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